Imaged by the noaa okeanos explorer on march 14 2017 at 1560 meters west of winslow reef complex. An agalma okeni taken out of the. A gorgeous intact deep sea siphonophore.
Strange Deep Sea Creature Unusual Purple Siphonophore
This spectacular intact colony of organisms was imaged by the noaa okeanos explorer on march 14 2017 at 1560.
One of the most bizarre sea creatures known to science comes in many different forms.
The siphonophore of which there are 188 recorded species. Anything that finds its way into the oceanwhether its tossed away as trash or washed off a beach or boatmay eventually make its way to the deep sea. This newly discovered species of deep sea siphonophore has been spotted during the nautilus live expedition. Siphonophores are comprised of smaller animals.
Another glorious deep sea siphonophore and a bunch of other crap that got in the way of the shot.
Wired staff 11 fantastic science books to binge over the holidays. Bioluminescent deep sea siphonophore the siphonophore appears to be a single large organism but is actually a colony of individual zooids. These zooids function. Praya dubia or giant siphonophore is an invertebrate a siphonophore that lives in the deep sea at 700 m 2300 ft to 1000 m 3300 ft below sea level.
Marrus orthocanna a deep sea siphonophore.
The combined digestive and circulatory system is red. All other parts are transparent.
